Happy Pi Day 2025

Last month, I attended a virtual Lunch & Learn session about Microsoft Copilot. The presenter explained to us how to get to Copilot on our corporate Microsoft tenant, then tasked each of us with writing a prompt to generate an image that we would then post to the Teams chat.

My first prompt, for whatever reason, involved me requesting a picture of a pie.

I immediately knew that my follow-up prompt had to request that the symbol for Pi be shown on the crust of the pie. The image above is the one I then posted to the Lunch & Learn Teams chat.

I intentionally waited until today to post about this, because Pi.

EPILOGUE: Before that Lunch & Learn session, I was underwhelmed with what I thought AI and Large Language Models could do for me. Since then, though, I’ve asked Copilot questions that are too complex for a simple Google search — mostly centering around DAX code optimization. The dozen or so “chats” I’ve had with Copilot have been enough to land me in the “heavy user” category within the IT department, and to get me an exclusive invite to the new “Copilot Champions” Teams Channel.

Copilot hits the nail on the head sometimes, but it’s often a little off the mark when it comes to the complex situations I need solved. It’s still better than beating my head against the wall or trying to figure out the exact phrasing and buzzwords to include in a Google search.

Glad It’s Not My Job

At the behest of our ISP, we called yesterday to upgrade our cable internet connection to fiber. We were surprised when they scheduled the install for today, a Sunday.

Of course, the snow started just before the technician showed up, and slowed down about the time he was done climbing poles.

It worked out for the best that we got this taken care of on a weekend, since the whole process took more than two hours. Not only would it have disrupted my work (albeit not very much), but the timetable would have stressed us out — either Aaron would be trying to sleep through a morning appointment or wondering if he’d be able to leave for work on time in the afternoon.

In the end, we actually weren’t inconvenienced much at all, outside of taking a raincheck on our usual Sunday lunch out and helping the tech get access to our crawlspace. He did a very professional job with running the wire from the pole to our home office, he was super friendly and polite, and I hope he got paid well for his Sunday.

I’m looking forward to enjoying our new internet connection. My home laptop is nearly getting the gigabit speeds we were promised: 809 Mbps download and 803 Mbps upload with a wired connection. The download speed over my work VPN has improved by some 54%, and the upload speed is TWENTY-FIVE TIMES FASTER.

Maybe my work day is about to get less annoying… as far as waiting for data to load, anyway.